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himself in a position to encourage sports and pas- 

 times of a nature to suit the habits and feelings 

 of a free country." 



But for the encouragement to patronise horse- 

 racing instilled into his Majesty by my honoured 

 master, the fifth Duke of Richmond, this very 

 seemly speech, which was received with storms 

 of applause, would never have been uttered. 



It remains for me to add that, on the signature 

 of the general peace which followed Waterloo, 

 Lord March contracted a marriage, in April 1816, 

 with Lady Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of the 

 famous Marquis of Anglesey. The ' Memoir of 

 the Fifth Duke of Richmond/ from which I have 

 already quoted, comments upon this marriage in 

 the following words : "In every respect the 

 union was a most fortunate one, for the Countess 

 of March possessed every quality that could grace 

 the female character, added to a beauty that 

 could find no compeer. As a tender and devoted 

 mother, as an affectionate wife, and as a kind- 

 hearted and generous friend, her Grace ever shone 

 forth pre-eminently great. It was said by one 

 who enjoyed the privilege of her acquaintance 

 after the death of her husband, that ' the vanities 

 of worldly pleasures nestled not in her heart, as 

 the remembrance of her departed husband, and 

 the care of her home, her children, and her grand- 

 children, engrossed her whole attention.' ' 



During his father's lifetime, Lord and Lady 



